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Article: Venezuela's Chavez tells Morales new constitution necessary for change in Bolivia
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- May 29, 2006
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AP Worldstream
05-29-2006
Dateline: LA PAZ, Bolivia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his Bolivian counterpart, Evo Morales, that the upcoming election of an assembly responsible for drafting a new constitution was necessary for a transformation of the nation's democracy and public institutions.
"You are still under an old regime," Chavez said to Morales Sunday while hosting his weekly radio and television program "Hello President" from the ruins of Tiawanacu, an ancient city located roughly 56 kilometers (35 miles) west of La Paz in Bolivia's highlands.
"The political system collapsed and it's necessary to create a new democracy."
Shortly after taking office in 1999, Chavez called a ...